You will serve as a Program Analyst for the Small Business Administration (SBA), Office of Disaster Recovery and Resilience, Disaster Policy, Planning, and Partnerships Division in Washington, District of Columbia. This position provides advice and assistance on a variety of analytical issues including long-range planning, procedural and policy development, and policy implementation.

Duties

As a Program Analyst at the GS-0343-13, some of your typical work assignments may include: Providing advice and assistance on a wide range of analytical issues including long- range planning, procedural and policy development, and policy implementation. Assisting DPPPD in defining disaster recovery, response, and resilience solutions, supporting the development of the SBA-wide disaster response and recovery policies, and providing organizational support to SBA's declared disasters. Supporting national, state, regional, local, and stakeholder communities during disaster recovery. Creating procedures to develop and increase community resilience. IMPORTANT NOTES: This is a Permanent position, which is a competitive service status position with a full-time seasonal work schedule. This salary is based on the Washington DC location. The actual pay will be based on the employee's duty station. If required to travel to a disaster site, you may encounter hazardous working and/or living conditions, for example, no water or electricity and/or minimal lodging facilities. A valid driver's license may be required. By applying for this position with SBA's Office of Disaster Recovery and Resilience, you can enjoy challenging but satisfying work and join a highly motivated and diverse team that helps families and businesses rebuild their lives after a disaster. Additional selections may be made from this announcement if identical vacancies occur within 180 days from the closing date. This position is also being announced under Delegated Examining Procedures, announcement # DE-24-DPPPD-12231684, open to the general public. This position is not included in a bargaining unit.

Requirements

• U.S. citizenship is required.
• You must be able to obtain and maintain a Government travel credit card.
• Favorable background investigation and credit check are required.
• Credit score below 500 may negatively impact consideration in the hiring process.
• You may be required to complete a one-year probationary period.
• You must meet time-in-grade requirements by the closing date, if applicable.
• This position is not included in a bargaining unit.

Qualifications

*Experience refers to paid and unpaid experience, including volunteer work done through National Service programs (e.g. Peace Corps, AmeriCorps) and other organizations (e.g., professional; philanthropic; religious; spiritual; community, student, social). Volunteer work helps build critical competencies, knowledge, and skills and can provide valuable training and experience that translates directly to paid employment. You will receive credit for all qualifying experience, including volunteer experience. If qualifying based on related unpaid (e.g. volunteer service) experience, you must provide hours worked per week and beginning/ending dates (mm/yyyy to mm/yyyy). Federal status applicants must meet both Time-In-Grade AND experience requirements by the closing date of this announcement. However, if you have separated from the Federal Government for at least 52 weeks, you are not subject to the Time-in-Grade requirement. Time-In-Grade Requirement: GS-13: Must have held grade GS-12 for 52 weeks You may qualify based on experience. Experience: To receive credit, you must indicate the month and year as well as the average hours worked per week for each employer. Average work hours must be stated on the resume to quantify each period of work experience or that experience will not be credited toward meeting the specialized experience requirement. You must address the specific specialized experience required for each grade level of this position on your resume or application or you will be rated "Ineligible" for that grade level. GS-13: To qualify you must have at least 1 full year (52 weeks) of specialized experience equivalent in difficulty and complexity to the GS-12 level in the Federal service that has equipped you with the particular knowledge, skill, and ability to perform successfully in this position. This experience may have been gained in a Non-Federal service position. In addition, this Specialized Experience must demonstrate the following: Experience using analytical skills and applying a wide range of qualitative and quantitative methods to evaluate program or organizational needs. Knowledge of a wide range of health, safety, security directives, and/or environmental policy requirements related to disaster response or emergency management. Experience in collaborating or fostering relationships between Federal, State, Tribal and/or local governments, and/or non-governmental organizations, and/or the public/private sector, and their response and recovery mechanisms and authorities. Knowledge of emergency management and related directives, policies, regulations, procedures, and/or methods.

Education

There is no educational substitution at this grade level.

Additional information on the qualification requirements is outlined in the OPM Qualifications Standards Handbook of General Schedule Positions. It is available for your review on OPM's Qualifications website: Management and Program Analysis Series 0343 (opm.gov)

Contacts

• Address Disaster Policy, Planning, and Partnerships Division 409 3rd Street SW, Suite 6050 Washington, DC 20416 US
• Name: ODAHQ HR
• Email: [email protected]